In a couple months I'll be allowed to wear flannel checkered shirts, and talk about Paul Bunyon like he's family. I'm signed up for two courses sponsored by the Northwest Natural Resource Group's Northwest Certified...
Nice cool day for getting sweaty swinging a brush cutter and moving piles. We pushed ahead with the driveway path from the Parker Road side, perhaps getting to about a 500 foot length now. Most of the path is about a scraping-sides car width. So, future passes will work on expanding the width....
The US Department of Agriculture has had a farmer/rancher cost share program called Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) (www.nrcs.usda.gov/PROGRAMS/EQIP), managed by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Recently the program was expanded to include foresters and...
This week I completed the full Forest Stewardship Program. Closing night was a fun and rather different format than the rest of the program. The three main instructors led a game of "Jeopartree", hosted by Alex Treebeck. The class split into three groups (we were the Fir Fiends against the Pine...
Our property has naturally occurring rhododendrons sprinkled here and there throughout the entire property, including two very large bushes that happen to frame our chosen driveway entrance. Many flowers are pink salmon colored, with other color varieties as well.
Over the years, forestry sciences have developed a classification system for quickly summarizing the tree growing potential of a site. Sites may differ significantly in soil quality, nutrients, water availability, and environmental conditions, enabling the same seed to grow far stronger and larger...